World War I Today

German Scouting Forces

Zweibund - the Dual Alliance - Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right.

"the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Seas_Fleet

At the time of the Battle of Jutland on May 31, 1916, it was commanded by Admiral Reinhard von Scheer, and had twenty-seven battleships and battle cruisers, eleven light cruisers, and sixty-three destroyers. It consisted of the Main Fleet under Scheer, and the Scouting Forces under Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper.